consortium

About 2.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
2. noun A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
3. noun An association or society.
4. noun The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
5. noun A group of symbiotic microbes.

Similar words

syndicate pool chaebol coalition partnership joint federation confederation alliance enterprise

Often followed by

of for to and on is was in that

Word family

consortia consortiums